10 September 2013
Abahlali BaseMjondolo Press Statement

NKULULEKO GWALA PRESS CONFERENCE

We are all Nkululeko Gwala and we want to cough it all out.

It is high time that the truth be told. The world, the country, the Cato Crest community, friends and family of Nkululeko Gwala are all wondering what has led to Nkululeko‘s assassination. It is time the world should know the truth.

Corruption, violent and illegal evictions, contempt of court orders, police violence and death threats from local party structures have become the order of the day in Cato Crest yet no one talks about it. The truth is known and yet no one speaks out. It is time that Abahlali baseCato Crest spoke.

Two days before Nkululeko Gwala was shot he had visited the office of Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement S.A where he was vocal about the situation in Cato Crest. There are important, serious and disgusting things that he shared with the comrades. He wanted an urgent press conference where he could tell these things to the world. Sadly enough that he did not get time to speak out for himself.

Since the death of Nkululeko no one has been arrested or investigated for this crime. The investigating officers actually confirmed that they are working for the politicians and to protect the politicians and not the people. We have lost confidence on them. We have no choice but to bring all the information that we have to a public domain for the public to make its own judgement. It is time to implement Nkululeko’s wish and make sure that people know the truth.

Tomorrow Abahlali baseMjondolo together with AbM-Cato Crest leaders will be having a Press Conference at Cato Crest (Stop 1) at 12:00 p.m.

We call upon all media to join us while we talk through everything that Nkululeko told us before he was killed.

Ngiba and his ANC must forget their hope that the politic of fear will eradicate our movement. We will stand strong in our living politic and in our struggle for the right to this city which is a right to live into this city and a right to shape it from below.

For more information please contact:

Ndabo Mzimela: AbM-Cato Crest Chairperson 072 401 5974
Lindiwe : AbM- Cato Crest Activist 072 749 3693
Bandile Mdlalose: AbM- General Secretary 084 557 5090